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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
The Value of Cow Peas.

Though regarded as Southern crop,
experiments have demonstrated that COW
peas can be grown in many of the North
ern States, as a soiling or hay crop. The
Cow Pea drawsits susteance largely from
the atmosphere, as is demonstrated by the
fact that it will flourish upon our poorest
"down South" in speaking derisiyely of
to sprout Cow Peas" For green ma
nuring they should be sown broadcast at
the rate of from three to five recks per
acre, according to the soil and variety
planted. In blowing under crop Of
Cow Peas, the returning of plant food
to the soil, though the principal good, is
not the only benefit eXerted on run down
soil. The roots are very penetrating,
reaching down into, and rendering more
porous, the underlying stratum of our
fields. A pea crop is one of the easiest
means of supplying vegetable matter to
exhausted soils. 1t supplies both chemical
and mechanical manure at the same time.
Cow Peas for green -manuring- should
have rank growth of vine, as this Is
the most valuable part of the plant for
this purpose. When the crop is in full
bloom, and ready for turning under,
more seed should be sown- on the same
ground. The blowing covers the seed
sufficiently, and if this is done in the
latter half of June, a second crop will
mature before frost destroys vegetation,
and will produce luxur:ant pasture fol
COWS. horses, or hogs. Cow Peas make
most excellent food for fattenipg hogs.
-AmericGn 1q"i:uIturi t.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
A Joke on Cabby.

Did yOu ever try to play on a cabman
that old joke of ''thc lost sovereign p
It's lots of fun. A friend of mine tried
it last summer in London, and succeed
el, too, in spite of the rather chestnutty
flavor of this practical joke. He took a
''growler" (four-wheel cab) after mid
night ut Piccadiily circus to go to his
lodgings out in Bayswater Remember
ing the stalcness of the ''lost sovereign
dodge, he thought it would hardly ego
down with bright and cunning Lon
don cabby, but resolved to try lust for
the fun of it. Just as they came in
front of public house few doors from
his home the ''fare" stuck his head out
the window and ordered the driver to
halt.
81 say, cabby, I've dropped a SOY. in
the straw on the bottom of the coach.
Just pull up Mt that pub till L run in
and get a match SO that [ can find the
coin
CAN right, sir" said the cabby, and
pulled up opposite the. door of the tav-
ern.
My friend alighted and had taken
scarcely three steps in the direction of
the pub" when lol Mr.. Cabby whipped
] up his horses and flew away into the
foggy hight, carrying with him Gas he
supposed that sovereign snugIy con-
cealed in the straw.
The gentleman, having now reached
his lodgings and without expense,
smiled a smole '1ike unto the neighing
of all Tattersali's, and wickedly gloated
over the brilliant suGcnss of the ancient
sell. -KGAsas city Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

William Jackson, photographers, liv,
ing in Fayetteville, about thirty -five
years old, incorporating to retire one
evening about ten o'clock. He struck a
common friction match, lit Il lamp and
then held the lighted match near his
mouth TO cxtinguish it by blowing. AS
he blew his breath took fire, exactly as
though the match had hcen applied to a
gas let. 1t burned with Il vivid blue
color. The flame curlcd about his face,
singing his mustache. cyc'aShcs and tho
ha..r on his forehead, and burned his lips,
tongue and the interior OF his nostrils.
The flame soon burned out Mr. Jack
sons wife was the only witness of the af-
fair The next morning Mr.. Jackson
consulted DR.. T. E Quinby, OF Fayettc-
Vile, who has made thorough invcsti-
cation of the case As TIE patient is a
dyspeptic, the physician arrived at the
conclusion that Mr. jackson is possessed
of stomach which is vcritable gas
factory. IIeis n total abstaincr from all
Intoxicating drinks as well as from to-
bacco, and is a church member. The
only liquor he has been accustomed to
take was the small amount prepared for
dyspepsia. -PhHa 'elphj@ Nea0i.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

An English horticulturist, who has had
some thirty years experience with goose
berries, having grown a considerable col
lcct: ON in all possible ways, gives some
advice on the pruning of goose5erry
bushes in London Gdrdaej's Naga IN
that is of general interest. The small
sorts, that is, varieties which naturally
produce small berries, he believes cannot
be made large by any system of cultiva-
ton, but large sorts will produce fair
sized, useful fruit on unpruned trees in
great plenty, provided the soil is ia rly
good and the moisture sufficient. When
however, large, highly colored and we'll
favored fruit is required he prunes and,
more than that, forms the trees expressly
for the purpose.
For c5 cry form of bush clean stem is
desirable, and for the pruned tree a clean
stem is necessity. In making cuttings
the following advice is given: Select
straight rods and disbud to the extent of
nine to twelve inches, SO as to insure that
no shoots shall start from near the
grOund-line and no suckers shall come up
from below. The correspondent quoted
from ties every cutting when planted to
stake to keep it straight, and this stake
is retained until the tree has made three
or four shoots as the basis of the future
tree. From the very first the knife or
thumb-nail is used to check useless
growth and to insure a regular distribu-
ton of the growth to form an OPEN and
decidedly lean tree. The shoots that
Lang down are no. to be hastily sup
pressed or shortened, for many of the
good sorts are naturally of a pendent hab-
it \ sharp lookout, however, ought to
be kept to pre"rnt shoots that touch the
ground from making roots for fresh
start on its own account. This pruning
for large berries should be supplemented
by thinning-out of the crop and feeding
the tree.
For heavy crop of green goosebcrries
-sUch as are in greatest demand in many
sections the correspondent quoted from
expresses the I elief generally INDUCED in
that "unpruned bushes will pay about
tcnfold more the rent for the ground
they occupy than those that are pruned
for large fruit" In exposed localities a
lean bush or tree is liable to loss of its
green fruit from frost, the foliage being
great protection. The method deScrib-
ed, however, of pruning for large. snowy
berries, is of interest to those who want
fine specimens of the fully developed
fru t for the exhibition table, and also to
lovers of the riDe berries
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
Ben Frdnklin'S MOl7y.

In 1890 will enI the term of 100 wears
during which the cities of Boston and
Philadelphia have each enjoyed the rev
enUc from a Request of s., 900 ade by
Benjamin Franklin. The money was to
be loaned ont to young married artif-
c"rs, and the trust has been executed.
although the lapse of the century re,
quires a new disposition of the funds.
1t is significant that while in Boston
the $1,000 has grown to nearly 1928. 900.
in Philadelphia the $1,000 has become
only $40, 900, and that in both cases the
amount is less than Franklin estimated
it should be- Bat rs the natural phil
osopheIs of Franklin's day generally
fell short of the sage in ingenuity, rs
too the successive boards of trustees
have been far from equal to him in bus
mess ability. 1t is interesting to note
however, that the two funds still exist,
and that part of the Boston reserve
goes in the purchase Of n public reerea-
ton ground to be known as Franklin
Park.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
Importance Of Regularity in Milk
ing.

A farmer writes the Country Gentleman:
"Some farmers in this section arise a
three o'clock in the morning, and In
winter their cows are MIXED at a. ",
Is it not unnatural, injurious and I'M
profitable to awake and rouse animals
at such hours" That paper replies a
follows:
1T is important that animals should
have regular periods of rest, as well as
regularity in feeding. This treatment IS
essential to the lest results in cows
which give large quantities of milk,
which irregularity and disturbance tend
to lessen. But to what degree, we are
not aware that any accurate experiments
have been made to determine. The
twelve-hour period between morning and
evening milking should not be widely
departed from, as milk is secreted at
nearly the same rate during the hours OF
grazing or feeding in the day or resting
at-night"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
He Started.

A rag-paddler who was driving up
Gratio5 ave. yesterday had reached
Hastings street when his horse baked.
The usual number of smart Alecks
were soon on hand with their advice,
and one suggestion after another was
tried in vain. The horse could neither
be pulled nor pushed, aud as he was
biockading traffic the crowd began to
grow very rapidly.
What is it - inquire boy Of twelve
who pushed his way into the circle.
"Balky horse, answered some one.
Where's the owner. Here, you man,
can't you start this horse"
"No, lie doau' start oop."
"Wait . minute"
The lad ran up the sire half ablocIz
and pulled 81 handful of hay out OF a
bale at fced-storc, and when lie re-
turned he cleared n soaca IL front of
the horse, stool off ab1ut five feet, and
extended his hand. The horse pricked
up MS ears, his eyes clisteneI, and he
at once advanced and followed the boy
around the corner.
Its according to the boss, explain
ell tho boy rs the crowd cleerel.
FWhen !ay-fed horse > ks lie wants
fire-cfackers under Inn; when q boss
who Is fed on scrap-iroa aud cravel-roof
balzs, pinch Of hay will lea him all
over town.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
How Caesar Got Ahead.

It was an ex-Confederate soldier at
Sheffield, Aid, who was giving some OF
his experiences ut the battl6 Of Fort
Donelson. He wns an officer and 4ad q
young colored man for his cook. Wien
the Confederates, or the great bulk OF
them, decided after hot fight to with,
draw from the fort, the Captain looked
around for his servant, and pretty soon
was answered, but in such FAINT tones
that he could not for awhile locate the
Cook. Caesar finally made it PLAIN that
he was in the log under the ofhcer
feet, and was ordered to come out.
Cant do it!'' he shouted IN reply,
"But you must. The fight is over.
"But 1 can't-dar's fo' white men IN
dis log behind me2"
And when the officer investigated he
found that such was the fact. They
crawtished out, one after another, each
having an excuse to urge, and finally
the darkey appeared: The officer. was
about to open on him, but Caesar pro
| tested
"Doan say one word! Dis ar de tust
time [ eber got ahead of a white man,
an it's gwine to be de VERY last! DE
mex fout We hev lie gwine to let Gle
| white man hev de hull log to hisself, an
| I'll look for a hole in de grouud!"-De,
troit Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

Hence the force ofthe following voluntary let.
ter Which based upon b the @@s aGd ssH i9
f1RsSsRsS $ n Inc T R%
and valued r TeTgarPn vogeler CoHGsntle-
I8Sr- Many preparations are placed before
me nu6Ic and for time at least they haI s
S large but Temporary salearEG Gfcarsf t6 Ul
tnf eIIgS class SOON realize that the com
quad but little merit 5s been Not c5 go wih
20 tTn Start and to-day we regard ii as one
Of Id" those Cr standard remedies that our trade
consider as absolutely TssenaI to aSnys
ia o',d 'tba good words of the druggists OF New
England tend p59vGf that each 1oyy Gd5 Tl
adi to lis 3aiJ atI & smith" Taking the
n many eases Of care, published by the pro
il the xott , s4tGR; sa eases n S9a nit its
affIc
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

A correspondent of the Ru1uI Ne,o
Tor'tr, says: That the use of impure
water is the cause of a great deal of sick
ness among farmers is attcsted both bv
physicians and by our own observation
The principal causes of the impurity of
the water in farm wells is found in the
close proximity Of the numerous duck
puddles, hOg-wallows and cess-nools,
which abound in the yards of many
farmers, and which are regarded as of so
little import that they are rarely filed up
or removed. Another source of pollution
is the burrowing beetles and worms, espe-
cially ang'e-worms, which enter the
well through the clinks in the wall fall
into the water and sink to the bottom,
where they die and decay. Duck puddles,
kog- wallows ano other like sources of
contamination are so apparent, end
generally appeal to the olfactories so
powerfully that any one at all inclined to
be decent will quickly terminate their
existence; but the worm aud bug inva-
sions are apt to be overlooked, and are,
moreover, more difficult to provide
agrinst.
Many people flatter themselves that tie
water in their wells is as pure as the
pearly dewdrop, while at the same time
half dozen or so of angle-worms and
various bugs are tumbling into it daily
These pests cannot be excluded by an
ordinary wall, because the brick or stone
cannot be laid sufficiently close to make
it worm-proof. The most effective
method of keeping them out is to lay the
upper 10 feet of the wall in cement. or
to back it with the si.mc material. Back
ing is the safest and best plan. As the
wall is being built, it is set in an inch
from the well, and the space between
them is carefully filed with cement. If
this is well done, the wall will be abso-
lutely bug-proof.
The finishing of the top is an import
ant matter 1t should be laid peril ctlv
even and smooth, and covered with a
closC-ftting platform of two-inch plank.
Near each end of this platform a 2x4
scant ing is fastened, upon which a sec
ond platform of two-inch plank is spiked.
This is designed TO shelter the lower
platform from the sun, and therefore pre-
vent in from shrinking, warping or split
ting. 1t makes a perfectly safe platform.
and one that will efIccually prevent ali
kinds of bugs, worms and vermin from
entering the well at the top.
Old wells may readily be rendered
worm-proof by having 10 feet of the wall
taken out and backed with cement as rc-
laid. 1t will pay every person who ,,ses
well water to attend to this matter
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

1t mag be a lded that Mr., Bonner has
raised and sold some notable horses,
among which may lie mentioned Ma. .olica,
who has record of 2.15. Since Mr..
Bo"ner purchased Maud S. he has been
offered for her $l0l,G through that
veteran roadster, Joseph Harkcr, but the
offer was refused. Then Mr. Harker
told him that tine person who wanted the
mare would give 1925, 900, but Mr.. Bon
ncr replied; You m ght as well ask me
to sell one of my own children. The
mare is not for sale at any price. "-Ne,o
l0ri World.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
That Terrible Fire is Put Ont nnd no
Symptoms OF Its Returning

That Terrible Fire. Is Put Ont md no
Symptoms OF its Returning.
ELMIRA, Aug. 30, 1887.
EteemeI D)c.or dHd Friend 1 wri o in
form you OF the condition OF mv health. You
will remember Of my s, lding I'd you for FEM
edies for a complicated blood disease, which,
at that time, very n ygrayating. l received
very promptly the package Of medicines Ghd
commenced talHiHs as Per directions. Aftha4
t me was captcitated from labor Afte
using few days l perceived a very material
oh nge for the better; n three weeks | was
able to resume my usual labo", and have moi
lost day since Ihave portion of the medi
elmo on hand yet. | take of it occasionally but
not as regularly as at first The terrible fire i:
put out, and that unenlIr lblG it ,ling has al
pa ssed away, with no symptoms as yet of a re
tn n. My flesh, which was covered by dirt!
scaly eruption has resumed its natural look
and f1exibility-in other words it is clean ant
SIN 10Th. The swelling is entirely removed anc
feel as well as ever, for which l think Coz
and DR.. XII mcr. 1 should have written You be
fore but have been waiting zee any symp
toms of a return which do MT.
Yours truly, Mrs l., r TREAT
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

Mr.. Bonner now his on his farm and in
his city stable, incluling the foals of the
current year, no less than sixty trotting
horses. No one wlo has not made an
actual computation his any idea of the
prodigious sum of money Mr.. Bonner has
expended in the pl. chase of notable
horses during tho last thirty years The
following Is acompktc list of these
'-horyes, with the years mwhich they were
purchased and the amounts paid for them
Inv Mr. ROnnpr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

Every family in which books, magazines or
newspapers are read and letters are written,
should have an English dictionary HOW Of
ten is whole sentence made obscure beear!se
the reader does not know or has forgotten the
meaning of some word or proper name. How
often does a letter-writer hesitate over the
correct spelling of some word who,c ortho-
graphical construction has, for the moment,
escaped his memory. And how often do dis
putes arise over the proper prOnun ciatiOn OF
this or that word. All these difficulties could
be settled in q moment by the possession of a
standard dictionary. NoW. [ one great WORK
which answers all requirements, and which is
The standard authority in Amer ca, is Web
ster's Unabridged Dictionary published by q.
X G. Merriam x Co, Springfin d, Mass. This
dictionary contains over llS,0G) words, being
5000 more than are found III any other Ameri-
can work Of a similar character. Its 1909 il
Illustrations cover an immense number of sub
iccts. A space in itself equal to the dimen-
sions of n large volume is devoted to biograph-
lea, geographical, and Scripture proper names
noted names and places in fiction, frequently
quoted sayings, found in the Latin, the Greek
and modern foreign languages, Christian prop
er names with their equivalents in other Ian
guages, all the authorizations and cCntractions
used in writing q classified selection of many
hundred pictures, covering a wide range OF
topics, etc. AS an educator in itself, for yotne
and old, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary i,
certainly without a rival in all the wide do
main of English literature.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

To ss tie n6S5dP for {% the SSoy?
that have pfBS y it's timely Use thopsands Of
RSPis haze sssd %o PSoftss
f !,,Rt to any f they viii send me their Express
AIN II H. SLOCUM, MI. loi COL
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
Farm and Garden Notes

A busting box is indispensable for
fowls
The manure is no small item of profit
in poultry keeping.
Blue grass should be mixed in all pas
lures, says F. d. Curtis.
Don't feed poultry on the floor; asc
shallow boxes or troughs.
Natural bone ground fine is said to be
the cheapest form of tn ) fertilizer.
l.. s. Durham find, in the Shropshir,
Just what he wants for general purpose
sheep.
w. II. Manning says the hedges can
be trimmed rs we'll and much more
quickly and easily with sickle than
with shears
Hoe the garden thoroughly and rake il
over in the fall, and You vii destroy many
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

THE time is rapidly approaching
when the Chicago and Italian schools of
opera will practically occupy the entire
field
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
iOut9 u uIl -HHo' d " INEAI'
S1Q parri-.a -tra

Diseases are made TO CrLmble and fall, never
to rise again, by Swamp-Root Kidney, Liver
and Bladder cure. AT druggists $780, six bot
ties S500or by rxPcess, DR.. Kilmer & Co, Bling
hamton, n. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
Instrunen

By means of solution and I'd e. G1tsr, is F s5
called Nebulizer the cure OF 5anf ssaril.,. rs
IectG ior la address, City Hall Phs''"ff'e''-
broadway, New York.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
NOTABLE EVENTS THOUGHT
WORTH TALKING ABOUT.

The Car Drivers Wife-In the Cot
onwOods-Noblcmen out West
The OranGe-Valuc OF n Whale
How They Got Water Crosses,
Etc, Etc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
A LADY WRITES.

NATIVES near Asheyire, n. c., get Sl.75
pound for ginseng root, which they dig in the
woods, for expiration to China.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

AN elephant has Just been sent by Lord
Duffern to the Shah as q gift. 1t is very
fine one, gorgeously caParisoned, and attend
ed by SO HindOOs
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

PAssEMENTERTE and peltry stand first
among wrQp trimmings.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

FASHIONS for malos don't change much,
still there is always ? new wrinkle in
cont tails,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

..Royn. GLUE" mends anything n.y. P p az
t,,,;,o Glass Wood Free walls at Drugs " olN'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
cu.n,, FopDTA,t, the jocky left persona
IECi S,oI,tod at more; than $lOD,Ooo
row THEY fall BEHIND

There is really flo
profit in recon-
mending the worth
less, for the reac'
ton in the minds
of those who buy
ard are deceived is
pointgdty against !:
everything SOLD By
an Oh a dealer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
CURES ALL NsgEsOSS.

from common Blotch, or Eruption TO the
worst Scrofula. Salt-rhcum, "Fcvcr-sorcs"
Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases
powerful, purifying. and invigorating medi-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
IT'S benign influence. Especially has it mani
tested its potency in curing letter, Eczema
Eryspelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrof-
ulous Sores and Swellings, Hip-ioint Disease
white Swellings," Goitre, or Thick Neck
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents i'm
stamps for q large Treatise, with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases or the same amount
for Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

]. D. BARBRE, of Leary, Gl.. while hunting.
shot and kille a pure VIII tie partridge:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

NmnND IN transformation ar
EEktIA exclusive grain country Min
!" nesOta is being rapidly trans
formed into the finest stock dnd dairy Stale
in the Union. Cheap lands still Obtairtable.
convenient TO railroad. Particulars free
upon application to c. IL. WARREN. Gen
Pas Agt., st. Paul, MINI.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

which is ScrOGula ofthc lungs, is arrested
aDf cured by this remedy, if taken in the
vicious power over this terribly fatal disease,
when hrst Offering this now world-famed rem
coy 10 the pubic, DR. Pierce thought seriously
OF gaining 1t his " CONSUMPTION CURE" but
Abandoned that name as too restrictive for
a medicine which, from its " )nderful COM
nlnaIon or tonic, or strengthening, Alternative,
or blood-cleansing, anti-bilious pectoral and
hutrltlNe properties is uncquacd. not only
as remedy for Consumption, but for all
NkrOniC IlisnnsnA Of
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

SHAFT, and six undercIOthlng I'll the
year round. But there's not a miner in
his force of $50 men who knows more
about the formation they are working,
or who could lie him in rough-and-
tumble fight, Tor that matter. SO no
body ever ridicules his gloves. Under
him as an expert assayist there is a
noble young Frenchman who has held
high official position in China Cool,
honest fellows they are, who earn their
money and invest quite as much as they
spend, and they never mention their
titles, either.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
THOUGHTFUL SANTA CLAUC.
A WORD OF WARNING

many represented to be just good kor"
they ARE NOT eft lack The peculiar and remarkable qualities Of
the genuine. for Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it
CopEh By Prote